44 Food Hacks That Will Make Your Life Better

There are still a lot of things we do not know about food. Kitchen duties are difficult and boring at the same time. Listed below are some amazing food hacks that will make your kitchen life more exciting.

1. Keeping Herbs Fresh

Ever wondered how to keep you herbs fresh before they actually fade out? Chop them into pieces and place them inside each cube in an ice cube tray. Add a little water and oil until the herbs are fully filled then freeze.

3. Preparing The Baby’s Food

If you do not have enough time or energy to prepare a freshly cooked fruit or vegetable meal for your baby, here is how to make your life easier. Cook a whole batch of your baby’s daily meal, and place them in an ice cube tray. Now simply pop out your desired combination of food when your baby is hungry.

6. Avoid Burning Your Cheese Toast

In order to avoid wasting your time in constantly watching your toast to avoid burning it, do this instead. Make your cheese toast sandwich by using thin-sliced cheese between slim pieces of bread and use your wide-slot toaster to cook it.

7. Cleaning The BBQ Grill Without Chemicals

Instead of using a chemical spray to get rid off the grease on a grill, use a half sliced onion. Cut the onion horizontally in half and rub it all over the grill. This should remove the sticky bits off the grill.

8. Neatly Slice A Cake

Rather than using a knife to cut off a cake and watch it getting messed up, use an unscented dental floss. Hold a 12-inched unscented dental floss on both ends and slightly slide it through the cake. This method also works for slicing cheese.

9. Put A Day-Old Bread To Good Use

If you got yourself a crusty day-old loaf, all you have to do is sprinkle it with some water and heat it in an oven for a few minutes. It will soften the loaf and make it still safe and yummy to consume.

15. Peeling Garlic Easily

One trick to make your life easier when pealing cloves of garlic is to use jars. Place the separated cloves of garlic inside a used can with cover or a small mayonnaise glass-jar. Shake them forcefully to remove the skin from the garlic.

17. Maximizing Your Herbs And Spices

To intensify the flavor and get the most out of your spices try to fry them first for a couple of minutes before adding to your recipe. If your dish requires you to sauté garlic and onions beforehand, you can mix the spices along with them before adding any meat or liquid to it.

19. Remaining Sauces From Condiments

It’s been a common problem leaving a big amount of sauce inside the bottles and just throwing them away. A trick to get the most out of the bottles is, letting the condiments stand with the cap as the base. Then carefully cut open the bottle with scissors or a sharp knife and scrape out the remainder.

21. Recycling Leftover Wine

This may not be a common scenario, but if you have left over wine and no one is going to drink it anymore then you can put it into good use. Pour it inside an ice cube tray and freeze. Now you can use the frozen wine cubes to certain recipes to add more flavor.

24. Keeping Supermarket Fish Fresh

Upon buying a wrapped-up fish from the supermarket, remove it from the plastic wrap immediately. Rinse it in cold water, pat to dry, then place inside the fridge, covered with a plate. This shall keep the fish fresh for a longer period of time as air is allowed to circulate around the fish.

25. Prevent Wine From Diluting

One easy trick to keep cold wine from diluting is to add a couple of frozen grapes in your glass instead of using ice cubes. The grapes will keep the wine cold and what’s great is you can eat them after.

27. An Avocado’s Ripe Indicator

The stem attached to the avocado will be your indicator to know if the fruit is ripe or not. If the stem is difficult to remove, it is not yet ripe enough. If the color is green underneath it, you can now eat the avocado. On the other hand if it’s brown, the fruit is already overripe.

29. Homemade Tortilla Chips

Cut ready-made round tortillas into eight diamonds, lightly brush with vegetable oil and salt and lay on a baking tray. Bake at 350°F (175°C) for up to 10 minutes until the edges start to curl up but the middle is still soft – they’ll crisp up when they cool.

31. Homemade Taco Shells

Lay round tortillas flat on a damp cloth and microwave on full power for 20 seconds. Afterwards, hang each of the tortillas over the rack inside the oven. Heat it up until it achieves the taco-shaped shell.

32. Substitutes For Buttermilk

There are two ways to make an alternative for buttermilk. One is mixing a tablespoon of white vinegar or lemon to one glass of milk and leave it for 10 minutes at room temperature. Second, add three parts of sour cream to one cup of water, mix it well and leave it for 10 minutes at room temperature too. The mix, including the curdled bits, can be used as a buttermilk substitute.

33. Egg Whites Are Important

After making your favorite dish using only egg yolks, do not throw out the egg whites. The egg whites can be an important ingredient that can be used for other recipes. Simply put the unwanted egg whites in a container and freeze. Freezing them keeps them fresh and re-usable but do remember to make a note of how many egg whites you are freezing.

34. ”Un-Saltifying” A Dish

If you cooked your dish too salty there is one way to balance the taste perfectly. That is to add a slice or two of potatoes in it. The potatoes will eventually balance out the taste. A good alternative for potatoes can also be yogurt, coconut milk and dough (rolled into tiny balls) as these too will absorb the saltiness.

36. Softening Brown Sugar

Brown sugar can be stubborn when it solidifies. One way to prevent it from turning hard is to mix in couple of marshmallows inside the jar. Rather than the sugar absorbing damp air, instead the marshmallows will do this, allowing your brown sugar to stay clump-free.

37. Removing Pieces Of Cracked Egg Shells

Every one has encountered cracking an egg in a bowl and finding tiny bits of shells mixed in it. Removing it can be difficult because the shell moves away as you attempt to take it out. In order to catch those shells easily, use one half of the cracked eggshell (jagged halves are better as they cut through the egg white) or simply wet your fingers to make removing easier.

38. Quickly Ripening Bananas

Place bananas inside a brown paper bag as this will speed up its ripening process as ethylene in the fruit will build up, stimulating the ripening process. You can also add a tomato or apple inside to double up the speed.

41. Stop Avocado’s Flesh From Discoloration

Use an airtight container for the fruit’s storage and put it inside the refrigerator. Before doing so, brush the exposed flesh with some lemon juice or mild tasting olive oil to avoid it from turning brown.

44. Making Sweet ”Sushi”

Spread some Nutella or melted chocolate on the top of a peeled banana. Add on some toppings by sprinkling crushed nuts or desiccated coconut and press down. Put it in the fridge for some time and you have yourself homemade sweet sushi. Oh yeah, once removed from the fridge cut the banana into slices using a sharp knife.

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